La Pluie (2023)

I really enjoyed this series. The cast is simply adorable. I have loved Title ever since TharnType 2 and Saur since You're My Sky. While I didn't really recognize he rest of the cast, they did a fantastic job in conveying their emotions and rounding out the characters. The storyline was definitely unique and interesting, and the screen writers did a great job keeping things moving in a timely manner. The music was okay, but maybe a little old fashioned for me personally. I really enjoyed the scenery and all the different parts of Thailand they helped us explore. While the makeup did get a little heavy handed a few times, it wasn't so overly done that it took away from anything. All in all, well done.

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Incredibly impressive with tiny misses

I went into this drama knowing nothing about it and expecting nothing - and I was very quickly drawn in! The acting and visuals and wardrobe hardly ever miss, and even the stock footage is gorgeous. The music is CONSTANTLY on point! The plot has a very interesting premise and I liked the way the show handled and presented its message (discussion more below). At a few moments the show loses its pacing which ends up hurting the overall vibe somewhat, but the acting really makes up for it. All in all, I wish there had either been 1-2 more episodes, or some of the drama around episode 8-9 would have been tightened up. A huge plus are the kissing scenes: always nicely sexually charged, always erotic and romantic. It gets a little spicy at times in a very tasteful way! Pee and Title are both super handsome, and Suar's character was my favorite all around.

My biggest compaint: not enough scenes of Tai and Patts getting to know each other, growing closer and more comfortable. We weren't /shown/ enough of them falling in love, more so told. I think that Pee and Title have great chemistry but we just didn't get to see enough of it. And the fact that the final episode barely had any scenes of the two of them together...an abomination. It hurt my overall enjoyment of the show, they deserved better. Still, I'll be rewatching...This show is dear to me and I loved it. I'm super excited to see all the actors in other things!

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Spoilers are at the end of the review.

I often hesitate to start a show, if people disliked it much. But I try to get less influenced and built my own opinion. So far; I don't think this show is that bad. But the ending is the problem here.. I am really sad right now, lmao.

What I liked:
+ PingPong, Lomfon and Thian. While I didn't care much about them in the beginning, I started to really like them and in the end, they are my favorite characters in the show!
+ The humour is funny and most of the time I liked the editing - even though there were a bunch of mistakes, like things changing their position.
+ The OST is beautiful. I started to watch BLs this year and after watching some shows with OSTs from Boy Sompob, I definitely get why so many people are in love with him. I am too.
+ I could understand Lomfon, Thian, Tai and Phat. Even if their behaviour was not productive or unlogically for some people, I could totally understand all of them, everytime.
+ This show has for real one of the hottest kissscenes. I wonder why not more people talk about them! They shots are pretty, the kissing is great, the chemistry is kinda hot, so...yeah, I don't know why it's not mentioned more often. :D

Room for Improvement:
- around episode 7 I started to dislike Phat. I don't even know why, but somehow I lost my interest in their lovestory.
- the end was way too dragged.
- not every character was as easy to understand as Lomfon, Thian, Tai and Phat. x)
- i would like to sue the cinematographer for the shitty shots we've got from LomfonThian in the last episode. They did so well with the first couple, so what was this?! We were robbed!!! T_T

Overall the show started strong, but the last two episodes were too dragged. I still like the show, but I really have to fight my bad feelings, especially about the very very last scene.

From here, I will mention spoilers:


- Excuse me, what the f*ck was this ending, please?! I swear to god, LomfonThian are adorable, don't you dare to separate them!!! T____T
- The GL couple in the end was cute, but unnecessary. The same goes for the other couples that suddenly popped up.
- The lies were so much nonsense, wow.
- I also don't get why the parents weren't just honest. It was really not that big of a deal, lol. I thought they also found out that one of them has two soulmates, or they lost their connection, lul.

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Good if it had half the episodes - Saengthian is the reason I'm giving it a 7

I won't waste much time doing a lengthy review, I'm just here sharing my 2 cents.

Saengthian and the brothers relationship is the only thing that made me unable to give it lower than a 7/10 (actually a 6.8 but oh well). Saengthian turned out to be my favorite character in this series, even if I found him a bit childish in the beginning.

Good start but what happened in the last few episodes??? characters changing personality completely, tons of stuff left unexplained, bad choice of narrative - what directing was that?

I actually really liked it at the beginning and questioned the rating in here but I get it now. So much potential lost!? There were some beautiful shots along the way but overall I could blame the directing for most of my issues with this show. The random cuts here and there, the amount of plot holes/missing scenes, the weirdest camera angles at times, the instructions given to the actors during certain scenes (episode 10 I'm looking at you), etc.

Oh and don't even get me started on the writing. What the hell was this universe? Setting rules and set truths just to break them with no explanation? I started watching this show because it has the same screenwriters as My Ride The Series - which is a very beloved series of mine, especially when it comes to character likeability. However, I feel disappointed.

Also, the Saengtai in the show synopsis, "the man who dislikes strangers and talking to people unnecessarily" is advertised at the beginning but never makes an appearance. If he dislikes strangers and talking to people unnecessarily so much, how come everyone and their mother becomes his friend? How come he immediately gets along with Lomfon or Nara? With Nara, they even comment on it, as if that didn't happen with every single one of the other characters. If you're going to try and create an introverted character with leftover trauma and rarely goes out - then make it believable. Saengtai, who dislikes strangers, doesn't like working at the office but spends his day in a bustling coffee shop instead? He, who dislikes going out, is rarely seen at home during the day? Come on T-T

When finishing episode 6 I was wondering what they would do to fill up 12 episodes - for me the series could've ended with 6 or 7. If the show ended without the amount of things happening starting from ep 7, I would've given it a higher rating.
I'm sorry, but I can't make myself forgive the mess the last 5 episodes were. 6.8 is already too high for this show if I were to focus on those - but I'm focusing on the good moments this series actually has - like Saengtai and Saengthian's brotherhood, Dream's friendship, Nara's maturity, Bow's concern, etc. I'm not gonna lie, though reluctant to keep watching in between ep 8 and 9, then after ep 10, I still kept coming back and I was hooked every single time.

Overall, if you don't know what to watch to pass time, you can watch this one. But if you have a ton of better things to watch, I would not make this a priority.

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Não é que eu não tenha gostado, mas acho que a história se perdeu em alguns momentos, e deixou outros sem explicação algum. Até achei a atuação do elenco boa, mas não curti o ator que fez o papel de Saengtai: vi trechos dele em um fanmeeting, achei ele arrogante, com todo jeito de quem não curtiu fazer papel em um BL...mas gostei bastante do ator que faz o Phat. Fiquei esperando um arremate para o casal secundário, que não veio e parece que nem vai vir... a produção é bacana, a direção também...faltou mesmo só dar uma "ajeitadinha" na sequencia da história ...

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провалено

Какое было начало. И я уже готовая "о да детка, сейчас расскажут историю подобной "Цветовая лихорадка" с рассказом об особенности человека, воспринимающейся как болезнь", но нет... Очередной слив. Предпосылка была отличной. Новой, интригующей, интересной. Начиная с 7 эпизода что-то пошло не так и уже с 10 эпизода я просто сидела и говорила: досмотри это безобразие и забудь. Хотя бы досмотреть, что там с второй парой. 11 эпизод - это вообще полный бип, можете даже не смотреть - там вообще не о чем. Много вопросов все-таки оставили:
что же там в семье Тая и всех кто владел этим даром "родственной души". Что это вообще за феномен и есть ли он на самом деле, если это не шум дождя так действует, то что? Смотрела из-за Ломфона (Коптера), но и его роль завалили. При прекрасном актерском составе, хороших локациях, дать шанс на пересмотр - нет, исключено. Очередное разочарование от Таиланда. надеюсь я не увижу второй сезон, жаль потраченного времени.

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incongruenze, buchi di trama, normalizzazione di comportamenti violenti

molto deluso da questa serie in quanto l'inizio sembrava promettente, ma lo svolgimento è peggiorato di episodio in episodio fino ad arrivare agli ultimi 3 davvero disastrosi.

La premessa fantastica delle anime gemelle è stata gestita pessimamente, non approfondendo nulla al riguardo, e contraddicendo più volte quanto detto precedentemente. Il messaggio finale, che non conta il destino ma l'amore di due persone, è piuttosto banale e non servivano 12 ore di incongruenze e buchi di trama per arrivarci.

La faccenda del divorzio dei genitori di Tai è ridicola: Tai prende la notizia del divorzio come farebbe un bambino di 10 anni, e alla fine si rende necessaria una scena estenuante in cui i genitori gli spiegano, come farebbero ad un bambino di 10 anni, delle ovvietà riguardanti le relazioni che per vari motivi possono finire anche se può continuare a rimanere stima, affetto, o anche amore reciproco.

Ma la cosa peggiore è lo stravolgimento dei personaggi nell'episodio 10: senza alcun motivo Tai mente più volte a Phat; da parte sua Phat mostra un comportamento rabbioso del tutto incoerente con quanto visto in precedenza, e prima aggredisce selvaggiamente Lomfon, e poi urla in maniera esagitata nei confronti di Tai. Successivamente, credo il giorno dopo, si presenta a casa di Tai per chiarire, dopo aver bevuto, e di nuovo non riesce a dialogare e si mette ad urlare contro Tai.

Seguono altri malintesi ridicoli e atteggiamenti da prima cotta delle scuole medie: Tai aspetta passivamente che sia Phat a cercarlo; Phat si lascia convincere dai suoi amici a chiarire con Tai, ma poi lo vede parlare al bar con Lomfon, conclude che Tai e Lomfon siano in una relazione e decide di lasciare tutto, casa, lavoro, amici, per trasferirsi in un'altra città e ricominciare daccapo. Non mi sembra che sia necessario commentare quanto tutto ciò sia assurdo.

Alla fine Tai si convince che è stato lui a sbagliare perchè doveva dare più spiegazioni a Phat, e che quindi deve cercarlo per scusarsi e riprendere la loro relazione. Quindi parte per cercarlo, impiega buona parte dell'ultimo episodio per trovarlo con svariate scene inutili e non coinvolgenti, poi lo trova, fa il suo discorso di scuse, Phat lo abbraccia e quindi si rimettono insieme. Anche questa scena, che dovrebbe essere una scena emotivamente forte, in realtà non trasmette nulla ed è noiosa oltre che sbagliata. La scena è sbagliata perchè l'errore di Tai non è stato quello di non dare maggiori spiegazioni a Phat: in entrambe le ultime due occasioni in cui hanno parlato Phat era estremamente esagitato e non era nelle condizioni di parlare (nella prima aveva appena preso a pugni Lomfon, nella seconda era ubriaco). In queste circostanze è stato corretto rimandare la discussione ad un momento in cui entrambi fossero in grado di dialogare senza urlare. L'errore di Tai è stato innanzitutto quello di mentire a Phat, e di questo sicuramente si doveva scusare con lui, e poi quello di aspettare per molto tempo passivamente che fosse Phat a cercarlo. Ma anche Phat ha sbagliato, ed è per questo che la scena della riappacificazione è sbagliata, perchè in questa scena è solo Tai a scusarsi: Phat ha aggredito Lomfon con estrema violenza, ha urlato contro Tai, il giorno dopo si è presentato a casa di Tai per chiarire e gli ha urlato contro di nuovo, poi anzichè cercare un chiarimento in maniera matura e senza urlare, molla tutto e scappa senza lasciare recapiti neanche ai propri amici. Tutti questi comportamenti (oltre ad essere fuori dal personaggio) sono molto sbagliati, ma nella serie sembra che siano comportamenti accettabili e nessuno ha niente da dire al riguardo, nè Tai, nè Lomfon, nè Thian, nè gli amici di Phat, nè Phat stesso, che non fa nessuna autocritica.

Oltre alle incongruenze di trama, ai personaggi che si comportano in maniera inverosimile e fuori personaggio e al messaggio sbagliato che aggredire fisicamente qualcuno e verbalmente qualcun altro non sia niente di male voglio soffermarmi su un'altra cosa molto fastidiosa della serie, ovvero il clichè per cui qualcuno vede qualcosa proprio nell'esatto momento in cui quella scena può essere fraintesa, e ovviamente la fraintende senza farsi nessuna domanda o chiedere altre spiegazioni.

La prima scena di questo tipo è quando si mette a piovere e Tai sente Phat baciare qualcuno (si tratta della sua ex che cerca di recuperare il rapporto). Siccome Phat gli aveva detto il giorno prima che era innamorato di qualcuno, Tai conclude che Phat sia innamorato della persona che stava baciando. Ovviamente questo equivoco non ci sarebbe stato se avesse iniziato a piovere giusto 5 secondi più tardi.

Altra scena: la ex di Phat lo raggiunge al campo con l'intenzione di recuperare il rapporto e ad un certo punto lo bacia. Chi è che arriva proprio in quell'esatto momento fraintendendo tutto? Ovviamente Tai. Se fosse arrivato 5 secondi prima o 5 secondi dopo non ci sarebbe stato nessun fraintendimento. Inoltre se avesse chiesto a Phat di parlare per chiarire le cose non ci sarebbe stato nessun fraintendimento. Invece scappa via e tenta di scalare il monte da solo cadendo in un burrone e slogandosi la caviglia.

Altra scena: Lomfon bacia Tai. Chi è che arriva proprio in quel momento? Ovviamente Phat. In questa circostanza Tai è già nel torto in quanto ha mentito a Phat sul fatto di trovarsi in compagnia di Lomfon, ma ovviamente trovarli che si baciano per Phat è la realizzazione delle sue peggiori paure. Se fosse arrivato 5 secondi prima o 5 secondi dopo probabilmente non sarebbe successo nulla di quanto accaduto (Phat che aggredisce Lomfon e urla contro Tai), e Tai avrebbe chiarito con Phat sul fatto di avergli mentito.

Altra scena: Phat ha intenzione di chiarire con Tai, ma lo vede al bar a parlare con Lomfon. Dalla prospettiva di Phat sembra che Tai e Lomfon siano molto vicini e in atteggiamento intimo, ma in realtà stanno solo parlando. Anche qui stessa cosa: Phat poteva arrivare poco prima o poco dopo, ma è arrivato proprio nel momento esatto per fraintendere, proprio quando Tai e Lomfon si stavano salutando e si erano avvicinati e dalla prospettiva dove si trovava Phat il tutto era equivocabile. E di nuovo Phat fraintende subito tutto senza farsi altre domande e senza pensare di chiedere chiarimenti.

Queste scene sono ovviamente dei clichè che abbiamo visto in tantissime serie o film, ma già una sola scena di questo tipo è di troppo, perchè si tratta di un qualcosa di estremamente irrealistico per la tempistica e di deleterio per la caratterizzazione immatura dei personaggi. In questa serie ci sono svariate scene di questo tipo, e oltretutto i personaggi, oltre ad avere una puntualità fuori dal comune nell'arrivare sempre nel momento giusto per fraintendere, reiterano sempre lo stesso comportamento immaturo saltando subito alle conclusioni sbagliate.

Tra le cose positive segnalo solo il personaggio di Thian, che mi è piaciuto molto (sia l'attore che il personaggio) e alcune belle scene tra Thian e Lomfon.

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Uma relação de amor e ranço com essa série

Mais uma série que eu amo odiar. Revi ela por esses dias, e minha opinião mudou (um pouquinho só) para melhor.
Graças a Deus que o casal principal tinha química, pois sinceramente, foi o que salvou a série... apesar de muito fofos, serviram uma pegação deliciosa, além de abordarem a questão do consentimento, fiquei fã do Dr. quando na primeira vez que o clima esquentou e ele mesmo se conteve, pois queria que seu amado tivesse uma primeira vez especial, com plena certeza do que estava fazendo.
Sinceramente, o plot de almas gêmeas me assustou (depois de Gen Y eu fiquei com trauma), mas eu até que gostei, até que o roteirista ficou louco e começou a incluir muita alma pra pouco corpo. Não foi necessariamente o fato de Saengtai ter duas supostas almas gêmeas que me incomodou, e sim a falta de uma explicação para isso. E ainda fica pior com aquele final péssimo em que Saengtian descobre que também tem alma gêmea (????). A tal coisa raríssima nem era tão rara assim.
Fiquei confusa sobre o salto temporal da história. Pq diabos se separaram por tanto tempo? E se o Dr. já sabia que Tien ia atrás dele, pq não facilitou?
Tem pontos muito positivos: não fizeram da ex do Phat uma vilã apesar do que aconteceu, a relação dos pais de Phat que só foi de fato explicada no final, a aceitação de todos, enfim, minha pergunta mais recorrente é o pq dos trios de almas gêmeas e pq alguns só desenvolveram na vida adulta. Obs: também poderiam ter desenvolvido o GL das meninas né?

A atuação foi boa, a ost é linda, a produção é boa em todos os sentidos. O que realmente faltou foi um roteiro melhorzinho.

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Just Stop At Episode 9

This was kinda cheesy, kinda cute up through episode 9. I wouldve recommended it up through episode 9. I liked most of the characters through episode 9. Except Saengtia, but we'll get there.

Episode 10 ruined what could of been a solid, good BL series. Patt was my absolute favorite character and the side couple was excitingly cute with good chemistry. Saengtia was there, but let's get back to positives. The music was great, I actually tracked down quite a few of the songs and playlisted them. The chemistry was *chefs kiss*, you vibe? And then Saengtia decides to start lying for literally no reason. And I do mean no fucking reason.

I hate lying plotlines because, for me, a character can rarely come back from it. I already had trouble liking Saengtia, once he started lying (and to P'Patt ffs. Why??? Patt was an angel) I went from mild dislike to outright vitriol. I dont want to watch people I don't like fall in love. Lomfon was also part of the stupid fucking storyline that wrecked this show, so despite how much I'd liked his character, episode 10 - 12 was spent just fast forwarding or straight up skipping Saengtia and Lomfon scenes.

Saengtia irks me so, so, so much. He lies, gets mad at P'Patt for being mad at him for lying, stonewalls him when he asks Saengtia to be clear about who he wants, tells Patt he doesn't like his tone to shut him up like he didnt just spend a full day frolicking about with someone EVERYONE has said likes him, kisses that same guy (fucking over his own brother in the process), gets pissed at Patt for being pissed considering he just found his boyfriend cheating, stonewalls Patt AGAIN..... such a repulsive character, I was f u m i n g throughout the last three episodes. Even before episode 10, I had no sympathy for Saengtia. A grown ass adult throwing the worlds largest tantrum because his parents divorced. Amicably. All the blame on his mom with no knowledge of anything that happened. A. Grown. Ass. Adult. And then to be so overinvolved in overthinking about his parents divorce that he ignores his soulmate for TWO YEARS????? yeah, he never deserved Patt and Patt has my sympathy for apparently deserving Saengtia. I hope he has better karma next life.
Frankly, rip Saengtia out of the story (not replace, remove. Patt can kiss the air or something) and the rating would immediately go up to an 8.

I dont even want to get into the jenkiness of the trope. Wouldve been fine and dandy, but the writers were salivating to have Saengtia fuck everything up so bad they did it themselves. If you cant follow (or at least define, damn) the rules of your trope, skip the trope. You yell a bit and get real sad and now you can hear in the rain??? Youre nearby and stressed and now youre the third wheel soul mate???? S p a r e. M e.

I loved this series so much, which is really a shame, because I hate this series. Again, stop watching after episode 9, or dont watch at all, if only for your blood pressure.

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Women? In my BL? It's more likely than you think

The family dynamics are the making of this. Tai and Thian being so attached and facing similar personal issues gave us really lovely contrasts in their characters and growth. Tai's parents demonstrating their way of being soulmates, and how being both forever linked by fate but also deserving of a life that isn't solely tied to that aspect of their lives, was so beautiful and important.

The friendship dynamics are properly considered as well, which is a much better way to make space for character growth. Each lead had meaningful connections with other people and love in their life that wasn't just romantic love. Including women! I'd love a Nara and Dream spinoff.

And, possibly controversially, I really liked Lomfon. He was young, and lonely, and had no idea what to do with big feelings and philosophical questions, which is kind of what your early 20s are about. So hoping for a second season to follow Lom and Thian.

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La Meh

It's not a good sign when the best acting and storyline comes just from the parent characters when the majority of it is about the main characters. Neither of the main couples where very interesting despite the supernatural conceit of a mystical rain powered connection.

I find the psychic hearing/loss portrayed interesting in that there is more choice in it than the characters realize. It's appears to be a strong connection of some kind between two people that doesn't require mutual love and can be broken unilaterally as well. The maturity of the parents was amazing, from their break up to supporting the mom's new path in life. From the focus on showing how psychic rain hearing doesn't mean a magic unbreakable love bond and can be platonic soul mates, it's so nonsensical to push the main characters Tai and Patts back together. Their only connections are the psychic rain hearing that they are both man children and the doctor being the biggest one between the two. It would have been better if they just broke up permanently and Tai just learns to be a stronger person on his own than get back with a emotionally volatile and physically violent guy who has a ton of issues of his own to work through.

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